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Comment
. 2022 Jun;101(6):616-618.
doi: 10.1177/00220345221081247. Epub 2022 Mar 18.

Oral Health Equity Must Address Oppression: On the BSSOH Consensus Statement

S E Raskin  1 , E Fleming  2
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Comment

Oral Health Equity Must Address Oppression: On the BSSOH Consensus Statement

S E Raskin et al. J Dent Res. 2022 Jun.

Abstract

The Consensus Statement on Future Directions for the Behavioral and Social Sciences in Oral Health (Consensus Statement) is a transformational contribution to oral health research synthesizing a wide array of conceptual, methodological, and disciplinary concerns and offering strategies to improve scientific inquiry. The Consensus Statement explicates global oral health equity as a foundational concern of our field. Given this context, a key concern is missing from the statement: oppression!

Keywords: behavioral sciences; racism; research design; social determinants of health; social justice; social sciences.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The authors declared the following potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Supported by DentaQuest Corporate Giving and the CareQuest Institute for Oral Health Advancement. S.E. Raskin serves on the American Association of Dental Research Ethics Committee and the Virginia Health Catalyst’s Future of Public Oral Health leadership team.

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